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Cookie Exchange Casual Edit | Cozy Holiday Cookie Swap Outfit and Baking Essentials
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items The cookie exchange is the most relaxed party of the season. Everyone shows up with a tin, everyone leaves with a dozen kinds of cookies, and the dress code lands somewhere between Saturday errands and the Christmas card photo. A red cable knit sweat...
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The Outfit
Finishing Touches
Baking and Swapping
The Outfit
The sweater that makes this whole look work. Soft cotton cable knit in a classic red is the color of the season without a single reindeer, and the texture keeps it cozy for an afternoon in a warm kitchen.
Amazon Essentials Women's Cotton Cable Knit Sweater
A straight leg balances a chunkier sweater and looks clean with flats. These Lee jeans have the comfortable stretch you want when you're standing at the counter swapping cookies for hours.
Lee Women's Ultra Lux Comfort Flex Motion Jeans
Mary Jane flats are comfortable enough for a long afternoon on your feet and a little sweeter than sneakers. Black goes with everything and keeps the outfit polished for the group photo.
Amazon Essentials Women's Square-Toe Mary Jane Flat
Another cable crewneck if you want a little more texture. A cable knit with straight jeans is the easiest holiday-party formula there is, and this one will carry you right through January.
Abercrombie & Fitch Textural Stitch Cable Crew Sweater
The splurge straight-leg jean. Abercrombie's 90s straight is a favorite for a reason: it's relaxed enough for an afternoon of baking but still looks clean and put-together with flats.
Abercrombie & Fitch High Rise 90s Straight Jean
The splurge sweater option. The Madeline has a soft textured knit that looks elevated with straight jeans, and if they have it in a festive shade it's an easy swap for the red cable knit.
Abercrombie & Fitch Madeline Crew Sweater
If you like your sweaters a little roomier, this oversized cable knit is a crowd favorite. Pick a red or cream and it slides right into this outfit with the same jeans and flats.
Trendy Queen Women's Oversized Cable Knit Sweater
Another Mary Jane option with an ankle strap that stays put while you're running between the oven and the frosting table. Thousands of reviews, and it's an easy flat to wear all season.
DREAM PAIRS Women's Mary Jane Flats Shoes
Finishing Touches
A dark red velvet bow on a clip is the detail that makes the whole outfit look planned. Pin it at the back of a half-up style and you're Christmas-card ready in about ten seconds.
Dark Red Velvet Ribbon Hair Bow Clips 3"
Little gold bow earrings echo the velvet bow in your hair without feeling matchy. They're the kind of festive that still looks grown-up, and you'll wear them to every holiday party this month.
BaubleBar Gold Bow Earrings
If you want your earrings to join the party, these peppermint bow earrings are pure cookie-swap energy. Keep the rest of the outfit simple and let them be the fun part.
BaubleBar Peppermint Twist Bow Earrings
Baking and Swapping
A cotton linen apron with pockets and a cross-back that doesn't tug at your neck. It keeps the powdered sugar off your sweater and looks good enough to leave on for photos.
Cotton Linen Cross Back Apron with Pockets
Bring your batch in a tin, not on a paper plate, and send everyone home with a tin of their own. My tip: tape a little card with your cookie's name inside the lid so people know whose recipe to ask for.
Starpack Christmas Cookie Tins Set of 3, Watercolor Tree
The budget way to send everyone home with cookies. A stack of foil cookie boxes means every guest leaves with a pretty little box instead of a plate wrapped in plastic.
JOYIN 24 PCS Christmas Foil Treats Cookie Boxes
If you're hosting the swap or baking your batch ahead, a set of Christmas cookie cutters makes even a simple sugar cookie look festive. Stainless steel, easy to wash, and they come out every December.
Christmas Cookie Cutters Set of 9 Metal Shapes